A Belgian microbiologist best known for his studies on the Ebola and Aids viruses will lead a UK government body charged with coordinating the strategy for research funded through the overseas aid budget.
Peter Piot, a professor of global health and director of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, will become the first chairman of the Strategic Coherence of Official-Development-Assistance-funded Research board, on 1 November.
The SCOR board has been established by the UK Collaborative on Development Sciences, a group of 14 government departments and research funders working in international development, to advise on how ODA funding is used in research.
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